its such a pleasant thought that the oil arabs might go back to being irrelevant camel riders in the desert again, so much so that my self defence mechanisms kick in and stop the wishful thinking.

To see the evil Saudi regime collapse would almost be as much of a pleasure having seen collapse of the Russian one starting with the Berlin Wall.

Be careful what you wish for because you might get it: if the price of remains low, in a few years the Saudi Royal Family will run out of money to keep its regime intact, and then the power vacuum will be replaced by the proponents of Jihad. And then, even with the low price of oil, all these revenues will be militarized. And as a result, after a few decades, imagine 1.2 billion Muslims manufacturing enriched uranium all over the world, in restaurants, high schools, gutters, kitchens, everywhere. Unstoppable.

The name HAL is derived from "Heuristically Programmed ALgorithmic Computer." HAL 10000 is the new generation computer destined to become the successor to HAL 9000, as suggested in Arthur C. Clarke's book.

its such a pleasant thought that the oil arabs might go back to being irrelevant camel riders in the desert again, so much so that my self defence mechanisms kick in and stop the wishful thinking.

To see the evil Saudi regime collapse would almost be as much of a pleasure having seen collapse of the Russian one starting with the Berlin Wall.

Be careful what you wish for because you might get it: if the price of remains low, in a few years the Saudi Royal Family will run out of money to keep its regime intact, and then the power vacuum will be replaced by the proponents of Jihad. And then, even with the low price of oil, all these revenues will be militarized. And as a result, after a few decades, imagine 1.2 billion Muslims manufacturing enriched uranium all over the world, in restaurants, high schools, gutters, kitchens, everywhere. Unstoppable.

its such a pleasant thought that the oil arabs might go back to being irrelevant camel riders in the desert again, so much so that my self defence mechanisms kick in and stop the wishful thinking.

To see the evil Saudi regime collapse would almost be as much of a pleasure having seen collapse of the Russian one starting with the Berlin Wall.

Be careful what you wish for because you might get it: if the price of remains low, in a few years the Saudi Royal Family will run out of money to keep its regime intact, and then the power vacuum will be replaced by the proponents of Jihad.

Maybe. Maybe not.

HAL 10000 wrote:And then, even with the low price of oil, all these revenues will be militarized. And as a result, after a few decades, imagine 1.2 billion Muslims manufacturing enriched uranium all over the world, in restaurants, high schools, gutters, kitchens, everywhere. Unstoppable.

As 1.2 billion Muslims die off from radiation poisoning . . .

Flights of fancy aside and humour aside,

Daesh is the latest failed attempt at pan-Arabism.

As a concept, pan-Arabism is such a failure that no one even bothers to remember it, let alone think about it.

A new federal map released Monday shows parts of Oklahoma are now as seismic as parts of California and Alaska, long the nation’s leaders in earthquakes, and for the first time includes man-made earthquakes.

The U.S. Geological Survey’s new earthquakes hazard map, which helps states and government officials determine insurance rates and building codes, is in part a reaction to the historic increase in seismic activity in Oklahoma. Last year the state experienced almost 900 3-plus magnitude earthquakes; in 2007, it recorded just one. On earlier USGS maps, Oklahoma was a seismic afterthought.

Read more: See How Oil Drilling Created an Earthquake Crisis in Oklahoma

Scientists say Oklahoma’s surge in quakes is due to the injection of billions of barrels of salty wastewater that have come to the surface during oil and natural gas exploration. The water’s injection back into the earth has put pressure on the state’s fault lines, leading to quakes that have damaged homes, schools and other structures. Oklahoma has thousands of disposal wells, including a heavy concentration in the state’s northwestern and central regions, where most of the earthquakes are occurring. Ten of the state’s 12 most powerful quakes have struck since 2011.

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“There are a lot of killers. We’ve got a lot of killers. What, do you think our country’s so innocent? Take a look at what we’ve done, too.” - Donald J. Trump, President of the USA